The role of copper coins

Copper coins have a collection function. Ancient Chinese coins have a long history, are of various varieties and are colorful. They are treasures in the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. For thousands of years, China's currency culture has condensed the wisdom and talent of the Chinese nation, creating a system of its own and dazzling glory.

Copper coin classification:

Coin: refers to metal currency that is cast into a certain size and shape, has a certain weight and face value, and serves as a legal means of circulation. In ancient times, copper was the main material for minting. Gold and silver coins appeared one after another. In China, although gold and silver coins appeared relatively early, they mainly entered the field of commodity circulation in modern times.

Bu coin: a general term for shovel-shaped currencies such as empty-headed cloth and flat-headed cloth that were popular during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Knife coins: a general term for various knife-shaped currencies such as needle-headed knives, pointed-headed knives, Mingdao, Qidao, round-headed knives and so on, which were minted during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Round money: a general term for round currency, including round-hole round money and square-hole round money, generally referring to the latter.

Features of copper coins:

Coil the coins and wrap them around your waist, which is both convenient and safe to carry. This is where the word "Pangang" comes from.

"Travel expenses" refers to travel expenses today. But why are travel expenses so costly and troublesome? Coiled and entangled are synonyms. Of course money, coiled and entangled have nothing to do with each other today, but there was some inevitable connection in ancient times! Ancient coins are metal coins with a hole in the middle. Thousands of coins are often hung up in strings with ropes.

The rope that threads the money is called "Guan", so a thousand coins is also called a hanging coin or a consistent coin. There is a play called "Fifteen Strings of Money", which is a case involving fifteen strings of money. Not to mention that there were no travellers' checks and credit cards in ancient times, even banknotes only came later. Therefore, when people traveled far away for business and to visit relatives, they could only bring bulky bunches of copper coins with them.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Copper Coins